One more for 2010 - TRU London

  I enjoyed speaking with Bill Boorman and his other guests yesterday.
And I also look forward to speaking to many of them again at Bill’s second HR and recruitment unconference, TRU London 2, where I’ll be one of Bill’s track leaders, early... READ MORE - One more for 2010 - TRU London

Talking Blogtalk

        You’ll have hopefully listened to some of my Talking HR podcast shows, broadcast on Blogtalk radio:     Well later today (6.00pm GMT), I’ll be talking to some hosts of other Blogtakradio HR and...
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European HR Directors Business Summit, January 2010

     I’m also going to be doing more conference blogging in 2010.
On 19th and 20th January, I’ll be attending WTG’s European HR Directors Business Summit.  I’m looking forward to posting and tweeting on sessions from:   ... READ MORE - European HR Directors Business Summit, January 2010

Top online HR influencers

  I've been following John Sumser’s developing list of top 100 HR influencers with much interest. There are some great stories in here – some about people I feel I know quite well, but quite a few of people I’ve never come across as well. However,...
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Talent Retention (Bahrain, 2010)

     I’ll also be delivering the talent retention workshop in Bahrain.
I’ve not been to Bahrain either but I have at least had some exposure to the country (see for example this case study from Batelco). I’m also planning to stay in... READ MORE - Talent Retention (Bahrain, 2010)
     The retention of talent seems to be becoming more and more urgent as the economy (outside the UK at least) starts to slowly motor forward again. There’s a good summary of the requirement and some of the things employers can do to...
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More on Next Generation HR (Talking HR 022)

     Tonight’s Talking HR show (#022) took the CIPD’s New Generation HR research that I’ve discussed before for a deeper and fuller review. However, although I tried to be positive, my reactions to the research report remained largely...
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     Just time to get the show notes out from the last episode of Talking HR before we do the next show (#022, on Next Generation HR) tonight.   For #021, I was joined by a guest host, MOK, from the Innovation Beehive. We discussed...
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Helping you have more impact

     I want to wrap up my series of posts on planning for 2010 (before 2010 actually starts in a couple of weeks time!) by writing about what I could / would do to help you plan effectively for next year in order to have more impact /...
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Are you ready for the HR roller coaster?

      I’ve already posted on the drivers of change discussed in the CBI’s recent report, The Next 10 years. And here is my summary of the section on businesses’ responses.  Hold onto your hats – it looks like it’s going to be...
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Business changes and HR plans

     I’ve just got a few more posts to do on human capital / talent / workforce planning for 2010. However, even though I promote the view that the energy for HCM should come from within the organisation (an inside-out perspective),...
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Dubai’s out, who’s in?

     Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water! I’ve had some more work in the UAE cancelled as an indirect impact of the current debt problems there (although I hope that other work I’m planning will continue). So...
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Helping you create Next Generation HR

     In my last post, I described my ‘ideal’ process for human capital / talent / workforce / HR planning.  I also explained that the actual process I would hope to use with a client would depend upon their particular situation:...
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    Enterprise 2.0 conference: Connecting the Dots Andrew McAfee on measuring social media (and ROI) Andrew McAfee: Enterprise 2.0 (beta) Looking back to November 2008     Technorati Tags: Enterprise 2.0,Social...
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  I’ve previously posted on my Human Capital Management Strategy, Talent Management Strategy and Workforce Planning processes, but I haven’t written about how these processes can be combined.  This is partly because doing so may seem a little...
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     In her session on workforce planning at Starbucks, Lacey All talked about the need to ensure resources are deployed against pivotal roles and key talent segments in order to remain flexible in responding to current and future business...
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Lacey All, Starbucks on Workforce Planning

   I’m finishing off posting on the CIPD conference with some notes on future human capital / talent / workforce planning.  But before I bring this all together, I want to do a short review of the session on workforce planning from Starbucks’...
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